Planning Irf Fabric Setup; Planning Irf Fabric Size And The Installation Site; Identifying The Master Switch And Planning Irf Member Ids - HP FlexFabric 11908-V Installation Manual

Step
1. Plan IRF fabric setup.
2. Install IRF member switches.
3. Power on the switches.
4. Configure basic IRF settings on
each switch in standalone
mode.
5. Connect the physical IRF ports.
6. Enable IRF mode.
7. Verify the IRF settings.
8. Configure other settings in IRF
mode.

Planning IRF fabric setup

This section describes issues that an IRF fabric setup plan must cover.

Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site

Plan IRF fabric size and the installation site, using the following procedure:
1. Use HP FlexFabric 11900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide as a reference to identify the
number of member switches that your system software version supports for an IRF fabric.
All member switches must use the same system software version.
2. Select LPUs that can provide 10-GE/40-GE ports.
The switches require 10-GE/40-GE ports for IRF connection. For more information about LPUs, see
"Appendix B FRUs and compatibility
3. Select SFP+/QSFP+ transceiver modules and fibers for long-haul IRF connection, or select
SFP+/QSFP+/QSFP+ to SFP+ cables for short-haul IRF connection. Select 10Gbase-T twisted-pair
cables for short-haul IRF connection.
For more information about transceiver modules and cables, see
compatibility
4. Plan the installation site.

Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs

Determine which switch you want to use as the master for managing all member switches in the IRF
fabric.
Description
Plan the installation site and IRF fabric setup parameters:
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Planning IRF fabric size and the installation site
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Identifying the master switch and planning IRF member IDs
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Planning IRF topology and connections
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Identifying physical IRF ports on the member switches
See "Installing the
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See HP FlexFabric 11900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Connect physical IRF ports on switches.
See HP FlexFabric 11900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
Log in to the IRF fabric at any member switch and verify that you can
configure all member switches as if they were one node.
See HP FlexFabric 11900 Switch Series IRF Configuration Guide.
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"Appendix B FRUs and